Bears Win, p. 6Students dig free pool in the Courter Center. Face of House of Heroes “Say No More.”The Bears are back in action and looking good.Who is this young lady? You’ll finally know.

Kal SchullerBanner Staff Writer

Of the 27 amendments that make up the Constitution, the First Amendment serves as the foundation of American freedom.

DMACC held the First Amendment festival on Constitution Day, Sept. 20. Different activities were held and guest speakers talked throughout DMACC’s six campuses.

Bob Eschliman, a former DMACC student and former Banner editor-in-chief, discussed “Life as a New Conservative in Liberal Madison.” Eschliman stressed that there needs to be more balance and expressed opinions rather than everyone joining together on opinions. “Everyone has the right to disagree,” Eschliman said. “If there is anything you need to get from the Constitution it should be, you must use your rights in order to maintain them.”

In “Fusion Poetry: Finding Freedom in the First Amendment” Jim Coppoc, an acclaimed poet, read his

First Amendment Day draws DMACC studentsown work and others via DMACC web cast. Coppoc read Allen Ginsberg’s famous poem “Howl,” in celebration of Constitution Day. Coppoc, a performance poet, read some of his own work including “Unemployment” and “I Think My Wife Hates Sinatra.” He has seen walk-outs and has been kicked out of his performances because his poetry was considered too vulgar. He educated the students in poetry by discussing its history and demonstrating the type of people who write poetry.

Ben Stone, the Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa, gave a speech on “The ‘Battle’ within the ‘War’: Stopping the Abuse of Power.” Stone started by saying, “How are we doing 229 years after our constitution was created? I am afraid we are in the midst of a constitutional crisis.” Stone believes that we need to restore our checks and balances. He showed a short film demonstrating America not upholding its rights. It asked the question: are we destroying our own rights? Stone believed if we want America to demonstrate its

rights then “we the people” need to make the start.

The Boone Campus provided an open mic activity that allowed students and faculty to speak their mind. It showcased some very interesting

speeches. A free burger feed was put on

by the National Guard. Voter registration information, banned book readings and free giveaways were also provided.

Bob Eschliman, former Banner editor-in-chief, talks about the First Amendment.Photo: Eden Hinrichs

Myspace changes social interactionJason MundayBanner Staff Writer

The website MySpace.com has become the standard for social networking. MySpace offers users free customizable profiles in which they can upload photos, write web logs (a.k.a. blogs), and the ability to post bulletins and comments for other users to see.

In addition to general users, MySpace has become a place for musicians, filmmakers, and comedians to add music, video, and audio files to their profiles. Many independent artists utilize MySpace because of its wide base of users and free service. As a result, MySpace has led many artists to success through the massive audience and easy advertising that the service provides.

MySpace is currently the sixth most popular website in the world, the fourth most popular website of all English-speaking countries, and the third most popular website in the United States, according to www.alexa.com. Although MySpace competes with other popular websites such as Google, Amazon, Wikipedia, and You Tube, it was briefly the most popular website in all of the above locations during July 2006. The service was founded in July 2003 by Tom Anderson, who is now commonly known by all MySpace users

as ‘Tom,’ because he is the first user added to new users’ friends lists. News Corporation, a parent company of Fox, purchased the website in July 2005 for a reported $580 million. MySpace currently hosts over 100 million accounts and is reporting roughly 230,000 new accounts daily. Another player in the change of social interaction online is Facebook.com, created in 2004, which provides

college and high school students from around the country with their own online community, very similar to MySpace. Facebook was first created as a site to rate pictures of classmates, similar to Hotornot.com, but was eventually caught by school administrators and was ordered to be taken down. Recently Facebook underwent major changes in its layout, angering many users and spawning groups of thousands of members protesting the

changes. The event made national news and was addressed by the creator, Mark Zuckerberg, in an apology to Facebook users. On Sept. 11, Facebook announced that it would now be open to all internet users. The Banner News is now available for download on MySpace at www.myspace.com/bannernews. The Banner welcomes letters to the editor in the form of comments on the site.

photo: www.myspace.com/tomMyspace creator Tom Anderson’s myspace profile.

Free Pool, p. 6 Face of DMACC, p. 5 Bears Win, p. 6 Music Review, p.8Free Pool, p.6

DMACCBannerNews BooneCampus Page2

Hunziker Center hosted September

board meetingSaige HeyerEditor-in-Chief

The DMACC Board of Directors held their monthly board meeting at the Hunziker Center in Ames on Monday Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. Board members present were Harold Belken, Jim Crawford, Kevin Halterman, Cheryl Langston, Naomi Neu, Joe Pugel, Wayne Rouse, Madelyn Tursi. Board member Ben Norman was absent. DMACC President Robert Denson and Board Secretary Carolyn Farlow were also in attendance, as well as many faculty and staff. Many presentations were given by Randy Gabriel, Director of Program Development, Briane Greene, Assistant Provost in Boone, Ann Campbell, Tim Bascom, DMACC HEA representative and author of “Chameleon Days.” Gabriel introduced the staff of the Hunziker Center and gave an overview of the process in which the development, construction, and programming took place. He explained the eight academic concepts that are taught in the 34,000 square-foot facility, which are auto collision, automotive technology, building trades, criminal forensics, culinary arts, health, information technology and manufacturing technology. Greene thanked the Boone staff for assisting at the Hunziker Center in the evenings. He also explained that enrollment in DMACC classes is up over 20 percent from last year when classes were held at the high school in Ames. The majority of which are Iowa State University students. Bascom read excerpts from “Chameleon Days” in order to give an

idea of what it was like for him as a child in Ethiopia. Campbell expressed that it is exciting to have a DMACC center in Ames. “Things we used to do in our own little bubble cannot happen that way anymore, they all have to be done in collaboration,” said Campbell. President Denson presented Naomi Neu with a retirement gift because it was her last board meeting. The gift was a rotating cube with a clock face on two sides and the DMACC logo on the other sides. Neu’s name and her term on the board was engraved on the base. In other business:

• The retraining or training agreements with Chicago Bridge and Iron, CAS Enterprises, and Medipharm and Sysco Food Services was approved.

• The final five percent of the payment for the Newton campus’ chemistry and nursing lab renovation was approved.

• The final five percent of the payment for the Urban campus’ bookstore addition was approved.

• The final five percent of the payment for the Ankeny campus’ Building 4 chemistry lab renovation was approved.

• The proposal to the Fire Science Training Bureau for a fire science training facility funded by the Iowa General Assembly was approved.

• President Denson gave an update of the CIETC activities in the past month.

• Joe Robbins, controller, gave the presentation of financial report.

Banner celebrates Fiftieth Anniversary

Julianne HamilBanner Staff Writer

Half a century has lapsed and the Banner News keeps on publishing. Sept. 27, 2006 marks the 50 anniversary to the day that DMACC Boone Campus published the first student newspaper. The newspaper staff began as a volunteer project among students who loved journalism. The first paper was published Sept. 27, 1956 and was called the BJC News, for Boone Junior College The paper began as a hand written paper with a lot of artistic detail. Years later “Microsoft Word” was used to write stories, but many details were still done by hand. Forty years later students still used a mimeograph machine to make copies. “We used to have to cut and paste our articles, and then run them through a wax machine,” said Bob Eschliman, former editor-in-chief of the Bear Facts, today managing editor of the Reinbeck Courier and the Gladbrook Northern. “The process was very time consuming.” Getting pictures was an even harder task with new students each semester trying to learn how to develop film in a dark room. Without the use of e-mail, after layout was completed, someone had to drive the finished plates to The Boone News Republican to have copies made. In the past nothing was ever done easily. With small steps each year, the paper progressed into something much more polished. The adviser position changed several times until Jan LaVille, now head of the journalism department, took over. The name of the paper has changed a few

times. BJC News changed in 1971 to the Bear Facts when the Boone Junior College became part of DMACC. Later in 2001 the staff petitioned to change the name again. It is now called the Banner. When DMACC was formed, the Boone Campus was the only DMACC campus to have a newspaper. The paper was written here in Boone and distributed to the other campuses. Today because of the advancement in technology, three campuses publish their own papers. After 50 years, technology has now streamlined the paper. Digital cameras with the help of Photoshop has made taking pictures cheaper and easier than ever. Layout has about a million options because of In Design. “The color and quality of today’s paper is much nicer than we ever had,” said James Joy, former editor of Bear Facts, now with a master’s at Drake. “Today’s staff is spoiled.” Want to be paid to go to class? The editor-in-chief position has paid $500 per semester since Vivian Brandmier was the provost of Boone Campus. LaVille has asked to have that increased for the upcoming semesters. Work study is also an option for students. The Banner pays staff $7.50 an hour for qualified students that are not taking the class for credit. The Banner staff can never be too big. If anyone would like to learn more about how the newspaper works, join us at 11:15 a.m. in room 115 on Wednesday to celebrate the progression of one of the oldest community college student newspapers. The staff will be celebrating with cake and a sneak peak at the digitally enhanced copies of almost every issue DMACC Boone Campus has published.

Fall 2006 Banner StaffSaige Heyer

Jesse BlackwellMary Elizabeth Drahos

Moses EcksteinKristine FentonJulianne HamilEden Hinrichs

Pamela HoltLiz Jay

Tim LarsonRichie Monk

Jason MundayAndrew Penner

Kal SchullerErick Ude

Editor-in-chiefStaff WriterColumnistCopy EditorPhotographerBusiness ManagerPhotographerContributing WriterContributing WriterManaging EditorStaff WriterLayout EditorSports WriterStaff Writer Photography Editor

The Boone Banner is a student newspaper published bi-weekly at Des Moines Area Community College, 1125 Hancock Dr., Boone, Iowa 50036. Letters to the editor should be no longer than 250 words and may be submitted to saheyer@dmacc.edu.

Photo: Dan IvisPresident Rob Denson presents outgoing DMACC board member Naomi Neu with her retirement gift. Neu represented the Carroll area on the DMACC board.

Workshops for Study Strategies

Free in Room 204 from 1:25-2 p.m.

Wednesday Sept. 27 “Decreasing Stress and

Procrastination”

Wednesday Oct. 4 “Success in Test Taking II:

Objective and Essay Exams”

Presented by Study Strategy instructor

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DMACC–The DMACC Boone campus will again this fall be offering free workshops and lunch and learn programs for people 55 years and older called “DMACC Boone Campus Community Connections.” ThefirstCommunityConnections even this semester is a tour of the new DMACC Career Academy Hunziker Center in Ames on Wednesday Sept. 27. Please meet at the DMACC Boone Campus at 9 a.m. for free transportation to the Career Academy or meet at the Hunziker Center, located at 1420 S. Bell Ave. at the intersection of I-35 and Highway 30 in Ames, at 9:30 a.m. During the day, the DMACC Career Academy offers career and technical programs primarily to high school students through a partnership with Boone and Story County school districts. In the afternoon and evening, the DMACC Career Academy offers credit classes administered through DMACC Boone Campus. The next Community Connections even is watching “1,001 Black Inventions” performed by Pin Points Theatre of Washington, D.C. at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday Oct. 4 in the DMACC Boone Campus Auditorium. The play features the lives of brilliant men and women, then takes you into the Twilight Zone of a typical American family attempting to survive in a world without inventions created by Africans and African-Americans. Lunch will not be served for the Career Academy tour or “1,001 Black Inventions” play. On Oct. 27, Community Connections will invite guests to tour the traveling German-American Civilian Internments Bus Museum, which will be located in the front parking lot of the DMACC Boone Campus from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The bus museum uses ten narrative panels, an NBC “Dateline” documentary and a 1945 U.S. GovernmentcolorfilmtodescribetheU.S. Government internment of 15 thousand German-American civilians during World War II. A free lunch will be served at 11 a.m. during a presentation by Michael Luick-Thrams, executive director of Trace. The Community Connections event for November is a Microsoft Word Class to be held from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Friday Nov. 17 in Room 218 on the Boone Campus. In this free class, participants will learn how to create, save, print and modify a document using Microsoft Word 2003. All of the programs are free, however, registration is required. To register, call Nancy Moeller at 515-433-5027 by noon on the day before the event.

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It has come to our attention that some of the information in the “Career Academy by day, College campus by night” story was incorrect.

In the story it said, “The classes the high school students take are not for college credit, but they do prepare them enough in the certain area they are studying to be able to go out into the work force without having to take classes at DMACC.”

According to Rita Davenport, counselor and academic adviser, the high school students are taking DMACC credit

courses. Randy Gabriel, DMACC’s Director of Program Development, said that the high school students are dual enrolled, which means not only are they receiving the college credit for the classes, but they are also receiving credit from the high school.

Davenport also pointed out that the facility is a center, not a college campus. “DMACC has six campuses,” said Davenport. Any other location where DMACC classes are taught is referred to as a ‘Center’.”

Join us for free cake!The Banner staff would like to invite

all students to join us for our Fiftieth Anniversary

Celebration Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. in the Courter Center!

DMACC Banner News Boone Campus Page 4

Julianne HamilBanner Staff Writer

Openthemagicdoortoalovelost,thenbewitchedforrevenge. Thetwo-sidedlovetriangletakesjealousytoawholenewlevel.Alittletoomuchofthisandthatfromthecatcausesnothingbuttrouble. Thecastforthisyear’sproduction,“OnceUponaBroomstick”includesDMACCstudentsMeganMcMahon,MaryElizabethDrahos,ThadImerman,KelsiJunkandPamelaHolt.

Erick UdeBanner Staff Writer

Doyouplayaninstrument?ThenjointheDMACCBooneCampusBears’Bandthisfall.TheBears’Bandislookingtorecruitnewmemberstoplayatthehomebasketballgamesandothersportingevents.

TheBears’BandatDMACCBooneCampusstartedafewyearsagoasaresultofaconversationamongsomefacultyonhowabandcouldgiveaboostto our sports teams. The first official

BandlookingformusiciansseasonthatthebandplayedatsportingeventswasinJanuary2002.

TheBears’Bandiscomprisedofstudents,faculty,staff,andlocalresidentswhoareinterestedinpeppinguptheBears’fans.Theyplayatallhomebasketballgames,buttheyalsowillbeplayingatthevolleyballmatchagainstKirkwoodonOct.18.

IfyouareinterestedinjoiningBears’Band,contactMaggieStoneinRoom124oratmastone@dmacc.edu.

Jesse BlackwellBanner Staff Writer

BasketballisasportthatbringsmanyyoungplayersfromaroundtheworldtocollegesthroughouttheUnitedStates.DuskoStojnicisoneoftheseplayers. StojnichailsfromGradiska,atownonthesouthwestborderofBosnia.HecametoThatcher,Ariz.whereheattendedcollegebeforeattendingDMACC.Hesaid“ThereasonformecomingtotheU.S.wastogetagoodeducationandtogetagreatknowledgeforthegameofbasketball.” Stojnic is fluent in both English andSerbian,knowninhishomelandasYugo.Hishobbiesincludelisteningtomusic from various genres and surfing

DuskoStojnicbringstalenttoDMACC

theinternet.“MyfavoritetypesofmusicaremostlyLatino,electrohouseand,ofcourse,rap,butbasicallyanythingwithagoodbeat.” WhenaskedwhathelikedthemostabouttheU.S.,hesaid“Iliketheopportunitythatishereforeveryone.” Thenearlyseven-foot-tallbasketballplayerisoneofDMACC’stallerstudentsandshouldbringagreatpresencetothebasketballteam.PeoplemaynothaveseenthelikesofhimsinceVladiDivac. Whenyouseehimwalkingaroundcampus,don’tbeafraidtoshoutout“Cao!”whichmeans“Hello”inSerbian.

Students to perform ‘Once Upon a Broomstick’

this October

Photo: Eden Hinirchs

Maggie Stone, far right, directs the Bears pep band during a past basketball game. She is looking for new musicians to play in the band. Practice started Tuesday Sept. 26.

Photo: Contributed

Boone Campus student, Mary Elizabeth Drahos, who plays Vinegar (Tom Malvo-lia’s cat) in the play “Once Upon a Broomstick” is frightened by a spider.

Photo: Contributed

Theshowcan’tgoonwithoutstagehands.Techpeopleareneededtorunlightsandsound. KayMueller,dramadirector,wouldalsolikeacoupleofcameos,ashorttapdance,tumbling,jugglingoranyonewantingtoactasajestertocontactherinRoom132. TheshowisscheduledtoopenFridayOct.27at1:30p.m.TherewillbeamatineeonSaturday,andthreeshowsonTuesdayOct.31at9a.m.,10:15a.m.and12:45p.m.

Dusko Stojnic

Megan McMahon as Malvolia, the mean witchMary Elizabeth Drahos as Vinegar, Tom Malvolia’s cat

Thad Imerman as Tobias, the apprenticeKelsi Jurik as Belinda, Malvolia’s maid

Pamela Holt as the Professor Kristi Miller will play the Caterpillar and the mouse

Cynthia Sari as the Butterfly and the monster

CAST

Pamela Holt, Boone Campus student who plays the Professor; is supervised by the crow as she paints some set pieces.

Photo: Contributed

DMACC Banner News Boone Campus Page 5

Mary Elizabeth DrahosColumnist

HerfacegracesthecoverofeveryDMACCstudenthandbook,advertisingbillboard,andhomepage. HernameisKassidyBriles,aformerDMACCstudentfromtheAnkenyCampus.Shewaschosentobethe“DMACCgirl.” Brileshasalonglistofaccomplishmentsaccreditedtohername.Shestartedherownbusiness,DreamWings,whenshewas13yearsold.Withher business, she raised butterflies in her roomforpeople’sweddings,birthdays,orotherspecialevents. AnotherbigmomentforBrileswasin2005,whensheandherthenfiancée, Jimmy Vanderkamp, won the IowaStateFairWeddingGive-Awayafterholdinghandswitheachotherandkeepingtheirotherhandonalimofor77hoursand43minutes. Briles,whoisnowmarried,resideswithherhusbandinAnkeny.

NewfaceofDMACC

andparticipating,helpingwithorbeinginvolvedinSACactivities,andcheckinginonroom188Datleastonceeverycoupleofdays.

Tuesday Oct. 3 is the first SAC meeting,whichwillbeat12:45p.m.inroom162.Atthemeetingmemberswillalsoelectthepresident,vicepresident,andthesecretary.

Benefits of being on SAC include makingnewfriends,learningleadershipskills,managingadescent-sizedbudget,andpossiblyearningafreecredit.

Krafcisinsaidthatifsomeoneisinterestedinbeingamember,hewillfind a way to get them in. “We’re looking forwardtoagreatyear,”hesaid.

Moses Powell EcksteinBanner Staff Writer

TheStudentActivityCouncilattheDMACCBooneCampusissearchingformotivatedindividualstorepresentstudentsforfallsemester. Therequirementsforbeingonthecouncilareaminimum2.3cumulativegradepointaverage,aminimumofsixcredits,andbeingfreeofdisciplinaryaction.

Ifoneisinterestedinbeingamember,pickupaforminSACadviserSteve Krafcisin’s office, room 188D, whichisnexttothegym.

ThedutiesoftheSACmembersincludeattendingmeetings

SACwantsyou

Kassidy Briles is the “DMACC girl.”Photo: www.dmacc.edu.com

Tim LarsonManaging Editor

OnOct.9,PeggyHarris,founderofDesMoinesForDarfur,willspeakattheDMACCBooneCampusaspartofthe“OneBook,OneCampus,OneCommunity”project. TheDarfurregionoftheSudanhasbeeninaperpetualstateofunrestsinceearlyin2003.InFebruaryof2003theSudanLiberationMovement(SLA)and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) organized an uprising against the Sudanesegovernment.Thegovernmentresponded by unleashing their Janjaweed militias. Since the conflict began nearly 2.5millionpeoplehavebeendisplaced,andover400,000peoplehavedied. OnAug.31,theUnitedNationsSecurityCouncilapprovedResolution1706whichapprovedthedeploymentofanadditional20,000troopstotheDarfur. AsaresponsetotheUNresolutiontheSudanesegovernmentlaunchedanewoffensiveinthearea.

Founderof‘DesMoinesforDarfur’tospeakat

BooneCampus AccordingtotheUnitedNations,allfourmajorgroupsinvolvedintheconflict (Fur, Massalit, Zaghawa and Janjaweed) are Arab Muslims.

Photo: Eden HinrichsTom Lee, provost, assists the National Guard in grilling free burgers and hot dogs in celebration of First Ammendment Day.

PET MEDICAL CENTER OF AMES DONNA RIZZO DVM JEAN BRUDVIG DVM

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Old man getting food aid from WFP (World Food Program).

Photo: Laura Melo, WFP

TheBannerneedsyourhelp!Wearelookingforpeopletocontributestories,photos,poems,cartoonsoranyotherprintablematerial.InordertobetterservetheDMACCcommunityweareaskingeveryonetogetinvolved.Students,facultyandanyonewhoreadsthispaperiswelcometocontribute.Speakup,speakout,writefortheBanner.

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DMACC--DesMoinesAreaCommunityCollege(DMACC)issponsoringahumorousplayperformedbyaWashington,D.C.theatregrouptoaudiencesattheDMACCBooneandAnkenyCampusesaswellasatDesMoinesNorthHighSchool.PinPointsTheatrewillperform“1,001BlackInventions”at11:15a.m.,Wed.,Oct.4intheDMACCBooneCampusAuditorium;at9:30a.m.,Thur.,Oct.5intheDesMoinesNorthHighSchoolAuditorium;andatnoon,Thur.,Oct.5intheDMACCAnkenyCampusBldg.#5StudentLounge.Allperformancesarefreeandopentothepublic.Theplay“1,001BlackInventions”featuresthelivesofbrilliantmenandwomen,thentakesyouintotheTwilightZone as a typical American family attemptstosurviveinaworldwithoutinventionscreatedbyAfricansand

AfricanAmericans.TheplaydepictsBlackingenuityasanintegralpartofoureverydaylives.“Thisisaneducational,entertaining,high-caliber,nationallyrecognizedpresentationthathighlightsdiversity,”saidDMACCBooneCampusCounselorRitaDavenport.“DMACCiscommittedtodiversity.ThisplaydemonstratesthatDMACCisaplacewheredifferencesarenotabarriertoeducationalattainment.” Established in 1980, Pin Points Theatreemphasizesplaysthatareenlightening,entertaining,professionalandnon-offensiveforthediversemixtureofpeopleintheaudience.TheseproductionshavebroughtPinPointsmanyhonorsincludingtheD.C.Commissionon the Arts’ “Mayor’s Excellence in the ArtsAwards,”endorsementsfromtheSmithsonianInstitution,andmorethan3,000performancesinAsia,Canada,andthroughouttheUnitedStates.

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DMACC Banner Opinion Boone Campus Page 6

Moses Powell EcksteinBanner Staff Writer

DMACC offers free pool to Boone Campus students at the blue table in the Courter Center on Mondays and Thursdays. Students like freshman Kurtis Lyones have the chance to get in a game during the lunch period. He said that he would even pay a quarter for the opportunity to play pool. “It’s a good idea to get kids more involved,” said freshman Kristen Bollenbaugh. Bollenbaugh said she plays regularly. “It gives you something to do when you don’t have something to do,” she said. Steve Krafcisin, adviser of the Student Activity Council, said, “We’re not paying anyone to make it free. The family of Mrs. Courter donated the blue table, which belonged to DMACC as long as the Courter Center.

Bears win triangular tournament

Andrew PennerContributing Writer

On Monday Sept. 18 the volleyball team took to the road to host a triangular match at DMACC’s Ankeny Campus against the JV squads from Central College Dutch and the Grand View Vikings.

The Bears were successful in defeating the Vikings 30-13 and 30-18. They were also successful at defeating the Dutch 30-20 and 30-16. The Bears took advantage of the many errors by the Vikings. The Bears scored early with an ace from Rachel

Wenzel and two blocks from Kelley Stitz. The two games ended on a high note with a kill made by Stitz in the second game. The Bears had a rough start with the Dutch allowing them to get first with two kills. Ashley Bayer led the charge as she drilled the ball through a failed block. The Bears took the lead but the Dutch kept it close. The Bears left the Dutch in the dust after two kills coming from Liz Schreck, Bayer and an ace by Jodi Jurik. In the end the Bears were too much for the Dutch and Vikings. DMACC is now 3-0 in the conference and 11-5 overall.

Bears knock Black Hawks out of the sky

Andrew PennerContributing Writer

The DMACC Bears’ volleyball team held its home opener on Sept. 13 hosting the Black Hawks from Southeastern Community College in Burlington. DMACC made a clean sweep over the Black Hawks by the score of 30-9, 30-20 and 30-15.

DMACC took the lead early and ran with it. The Bears were forcing the Black Hawks to commit multiple errors. The Bears made their presence known with two aces from Jodi Jurik and Becca Swalla in the first game.

Game two followed in the same fashion with a number of errors by the Black Hawks. The Bears continued to dominate the Black Hawks with kills from Danni Richardson, Kelley Stitz and Liz Schreck, to name a few.

In the third game the Bears had a little trouble getting started. They were caught off guard by a couple of rotation errors, although that wouldn’t be enough for the Black Hawks, as they got beat anyway.

The Bears are now 8-5 and 2-0 in the conference. They are now ranked in the top 25 nationally sitting at the number 12 spot.

Free pool a blast Krafcisin said he looked forward to opening both tables for free pool on Mondays and Thursdays. He said it would encourage students to play pool and generate more money to invest in other activities. Krafcisin also said that league games are a possibility in the future “if there’s an interest.” The SAC sponsors this activity along with several others to give students an enhanced college experience.

Freshman Kurtis Lyones plays pool.Photo: Moses Eckstein

The Bears’ volleyball team celebrates after a victory at the home opener.Photo: Eden Hinrichs

DMACC Bears’ volleyball schedule

9/27/2006 Clinton* Clinton 7:00 p.m. 9/30/2006 NDSCS Wahpeton,

ND 8:00 a.m.

10/3/2006 Southwestern* DMACC 6:30 p.m. 10/5/2006 Iowa Central* DMACC 6:30 p.m. 10/9/2006 NIACC* DMACC 6:30 p.m. 10/11/2006 Marshalltown* Marshalltown 7:00 p.m.10/13/2006 DMACC Tourney DMACC 1:00 p.m. 10/14/2006 DMACC Tourney DMACC 8:00 a.m. 10/18/2006 Kirkwood* DMACC 6:30 p.m. 10/19/2006 Clinton* DMACC 6:30 p.m. 10/24/2006 Southeastern* Burlington 6:30 p.m. 10/26/2006 Iowa Lakes * DMACC 6:30 p.m. 10/31/2006 Playoff 4th & 5th

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11/3/2006 Region XI Semifinals

Cedar Rapids

5:00&6:30 p.m.

11/4/2006 Region XI Finals Cedar Rapids

1:00 p.m.

11/16/06 – 11/18/06

National Championships

Scottsdale, AZ

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This is a good time to offer a bit of advice to DMACC students. This pertains especially to the students who are not from Iowa and also the ones enrolled at ISU.

If one is not from Iowa, apply for residency. DMACC considers one qualified for residency in Iowa after 90 days if one has been residing (paying rent or owning a home), working and paying taxes in Iowa during that time. Detailed information about applying for residency can be obtained from the registration offices.

For those attending ISU and DMACC, transfer as many credits as possible to ISU. Some attend ISU for a year and regret not taking the general education classes at a community college. Tuition and the annual percentage rate are rising, and financial aid just doesn’t seem to cut it. Therefore, paying the least amount of money as possible for one’s education is a plus.

Most classes at DMACC will transfer to ISU, and some will transfer to other four-year institutions. Some students are told by advisers at ISU that only general education credits transfer, not those toward’s one’s major. This is incorrect. For instance, two semesters of Newspaper Production at DMACC will transfer to ISU as the layout and design class.

Additional information about transferring credits can be obtained from the registration offices at DMACC and any four year school.

However, some students who are decided on a professional major or one that does not require many general education classes can ignore this editorial. Also if one recently inherited a fortune and is dead set on a private college or university, skip the community college hurdle.

Saige Heyer and Moses Eckstein

EditorialMary Elizabeth DrahosColumnist

Is having a stick up your rear genetic, or is it learned? Whatever the answer is, it still sucks.

I just don’t understand why certain people feel they need to be as rude as possible when they associate with others. I understand that everyone, at some time, has had a bad day and tend to lash out. But I’m not talking about those kinds of people. I am talking about chronic rudeness.

People labeled under this category tend to think that they are better than almost everybody, especially underlings with crappy service jobs.

I, as one of those underlings, have felt the wrath of those people and always wondered why. After years and years of studying these kinds of people I realize that no matter what I try to do, they won’t change.

I have tried physical comedy, being overly nice, and have even sunk so low as to treat them just as terribly as they treated me.

I ended up coming to the conclusion that there is nothing I can do to change these negative entities. I can only try to schmooze them up enough to get what I want from them (for example, at

Waitress, I have a fly in my soup

least a few bucks for a tip). However, for every negative

person I associate with, I associate with five or six positive ones. And usually if the rude people don’t leave me a tip, the positive ones give me double the normal amount, making me come out ahead at the end of the night.

If all else fails, and I know they are a lost cause, I will do or say certain things that are inside jokes for my friends and peers, so we can laugh about it later. Recently some of the things I have said include we are out of certain food items when it was almost time to close (even though we weren’t), sarcastic comments such as telling customers that the “rest rooms” are located under the big sign that says rest rooms, or even charging them extra for things that I normally don’t charge for.

So go ahead and be rude to me, because I will end up having the last laugh.

Erick UdeBanner Staff Writer

Make sure you go through this checklist so you won’t leave any important items behind on your next tailgating trip.

1. Appropriate attire. Dress in your team’s colors.2. Assorted beverages. Better to have too many than too few. You don’t want to be stuck mid-game feeling parched.3. Grill and various supplies needed such as charcoal, lighter fluid and tongs. 4. Food, including brats, hot dogs, burgers, buns, chips, dip, potato salad,

Tailgating Checklist

Tim LarsonManaging Editor

As DMACC celebrates the First Amendment through various festivities this week (for fans of irony, the celebration is legally mandated as of 2004 for any educational institution receiving federal funds), I feel compelled to make a few observations. The freedom of speech is fundamental to a free society. If the people are not allowed to speak their minds or to offer in print their objections or make public commentary on the state of society, the barest foundations of liberty are debased. Speaking is only valuable if someone listens; writing is only valuable if someone reads. If I speak and no one listens, I am silent. If I write and no one reads, I’ve printed a blank page. The sad reality is that there is no need to ban controversial books, or to censor any author critical of the status quo. We, the American populace, have voluntarily censored our own exposure to information. Books have not been pulled from shelves, authors haven’t been imprisoned, but if the words are not read the message is not received. To ignore the words of writers serves as a de facto ban. There is no need to ban a book that no one will read. Our unwillingness to intelligently engage in ideas will be our downfall. We allow events to unfold, and we don’t notice. How much have we simply ignored? Did you know that the Red Cross report on prisoner treatment at Guantanamo was suppressed? Did you know that the Supreme Court’s decision on Kelo allows the government to seize private property, only to sell it to another

private citizen? If I want to put a mall on your house, I can, and the government will help. Marx was wrong. Religion is not the opiate of the masses. Ignorance is. As the country continues to invest itself in “infotainment” our problems become progressively worse. We will never feel the pain of our collapse because we have indulged our taste for “opium.” We have rendered ourselves unconscious by our own ignorance. Instead of reading William Faulkner or Allen Ginsberg to stretch our understanding, we read “Cosmo” to dull our minds. Instead of watching “Happiness” or “Manic” we watch “Dancing with the Stars.” There will always be men and women willing and able to speak the truth. There will always be authors who compose manuscripts to stretch thinking and understanding. If we do not uphold our end, if we do not listen, if we do not read, if the truth falls on deaf ears, then we, the American public, have imprisoned the first dissident, burned the first book and sewn the seeds of our own demise.

Don’t read this column

Photo: ContributedStudents play games and hang out at the ISU vs. UNLV game.

cookies, etc. Don’t forget to bring hand sanitizer to use after handling raw meat.5. Plates, silverware, cups and paper towels can come in handy.6. Koozie. You don’t want your beverage to get warm.7. Fun games like cards, bean bag toss game, washers and ladder golf.8. Chairs, so you can be comfy while waiting for kickoff. 9. A folding table to put the food on that can later double as a beer pong/flippy cup table.10. Sweatshirt/poncho. The weather doesn’t always stay clear for the games. The tornado at last year’s ISU game was a prime example.

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free…it expects what never was and never will be.” - Thomas Jefferson

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Moses Powell EcksteinBanner Staff Writer

From the crazy guys who brought you “Super Troopers,” comes this year’s wackiest movie. Jay Chandrasekhar (“Super Troopers” and “The Dukes of Hazzard”) directs a beer-loving cast.

When their grandpa dies, brothers Jan (Paul Soter) and Todd Wolfhouse (Erik Stolhanske) are on a mission to dispense his ashes at Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. After partying wildly at Oktoberfest and getting in a heap of trouble, a strange bearded man leads them to a secret club where the top drinkers in Europe clash in a competition called Beerfest. At the competition, Jan and Todd learn that their great-grandfather stole a secret beer recipe from the Germans and ran away to America with a whore, their Great Gam Gam (Cloris Leachman). After being insulted by the Germans, Jan and Todd vow to return for the next Beerfest with an American team.

They assemble a squad of

super drinkers from their days of college, including man-whore Barry (Jay Chandrasekhar), competitive eater Landfill (Kevin Heffernan), and scientist Steve “Fink” Finklestein (Steve Lemme). They must train hard to eliminate the hulking German competitors led by Wolfgang von Wolfhaus (Jürgen Prochnow).

Punctuated by short periods of hilarity and some of the funniest scenes (Gam Gam stroking a sausage) in any recent comedy, Beerfest stands out among other out-of-control movies. On the other hand, it is a cult movie like “Super Troopers,” and those who find the consumption of gallons of beer repulsive might want to pass on this one. “Beerfest” is rated R for pervasive crude and sexual content, language, nudity and substance abuse (plenty of it). It runs for 110 minutes, and it will leave one with a warm and fuzzy feeling in the gut. 7.5 out of 10 laughs

Movie Guy Reviews ‘Beerfest’

Tim LarsonManaging Editor

House of Heroes came out swinging with their freshman release “Say No More.” The trio from Columbus, Ohio starts out the album with the exceptionally catchy “Buckets For Bullet Wounds.” The song is a bit of a dichotomy, with happy music and dark lyrics. It has a schizophrenic air about it.

As the album progresses it becomes progressively catchier. “Say No More” never becomes so nauseatingly catchy as some other recent Myspace bands (I’m looking at you Hawthorne Heights). The third track, “Friday Night,” is the kind of song you find yourself humming for days on end.

Overall the album is quite acceptable for a freshman release. House of Heroes will be one to watch over the next few years. For that matter so will

House of Heroes

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) – While your imagination is running at an all- time high, don’t let your reality sink to an all-time low.Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – A few hours alone with your school books will sooth your soul. The stress caused by your regular procrastination could cease for the week. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Keep your pants on, the only true side effects of sex are STD’s and babies!Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) – It’s time to get out the mirror and see if who you really are is the same as others perceive you. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) – It’s time to celebrate good times and liven up your social scene. Aries (March 21-April 19) – Stop “thinking” about what people are saying and listen to what they say!Taurus (April 20-May 20) – Get your rest, eat right (no fast food or meals from the gas station) and do your homework. You need to be prepared for your upcoming hurtles. Gemini (May 21- June 21) – You’re secretly afraid of not having the right stuff. Put aside your doubts and accept the next friendly invitation. You have all the right stuff! Cancer (June 22-July 22) – What if’s throw you into an endless spiral of speculation. Remember, what isn’t can never be, but what is can be wonderful. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) – Don’t set boundaries on your new ideas; let your brain explore all the avenues of possibility. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – This week the answers you seek are not what you want to hear. Good thing, this change in direction is just what you needed!

• Arrive late with no excuse• Say you will call, then wait

longer than three days to call• Halfway through dinner, tell your

date you didn’t bring any money• Talk about all of your failed

relationships and how none of it was your fault

• Check out other potential mates in the room

• Constantly take calls on your cell phone

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their label. Mono Vs Stereo is the new home of Relient K (“Be My Escape”) and one of my favorite bands, Chasing Victory.

House of Heroes is better live than they are from the studio. The album is worth a listen. Don’t pass on a chance to see them live.

• Stand up to every person who smiles at your date

• Tell your date you can’t wait until you move in together and have kids

• Dress like it is laundry day• Don’t practice proper hygiene• Don’t hesitate to slap your date

on the butt in public, especially when there are kids or parents around

Mary Elizabeth’s TipsHow not to get a second date

To play Sudoku, enter the digits 1-9 in each cell of the 9x9 grid until every region (3x3 grid), row, and column contains only one appear-ance of each digit.

Difficulty: Moderate

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